Changes in American Jewish Identities Since 1948: From Norms to Aesthetics
November 24, 2009 by eJP
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by Dr. Steven M. Cohen
Jews Within
In the sixty plus years that have elapsed since the founding of the State of Israel, profound changes have taken place in Israel, in American Jews’ relationship with Israel, and in American»
Memo to HUC: What Are Non-Core Real Estate Holdings?
November 6, 2009 by eJP
Filed under The American Jewish Scene
At a meeting earlier this week, the Board of Governors of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion approved a plan for its future. Titled “A New Way Forward,” the plan charts a five-year process based on attaining financial sustainability, sustaining»
Celebrating our Past, Shaping the Future
November 2, 2009 by eJP
Filed under Professional Development, The American Jewish Scene
The Summer/Fall 2009 issue of the Journal of Jewish Communal Service is now available. Published by the Jewish Communal Service Association of North America and titled, The HUC-JIR School of Jewish Communal Service: Celebrating the Past, Shaping the»
HUC Continues to Struggle With Budget Problems
November 2, 2009 by eJP
Filed under In the Media
Facing a $3 million budget deficit for the current year, Hebrew Union College is expected to continue belt-tightening when their Board of Governors meets later today. However, any decisions on campus closings will be deferred for at least two years.»
Layoffs Likely at Hebrew Union College
July 7, 2009 by eJP
Filed under In the Media
from The Cincinnati Enquirer:
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion says it is keeping its Clifton campus open, but impending budget cuts have faculty and staffers on edge.
The college plans to keep its four-year»
NewsBits: Stories That Will Not Go Away
July 2, 2009 by eJP
Filed under In the Media
from The Forward:
Sharansky Inherits a House Divided
One of the stranger and nastier episodes of modern Israel-Diaspora mud wrestling was laid to rest in late June in Jerusalem when Natan Sharansky, the onetime Soviet political prisoner and human rights»
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: A Comedy in Three Acts
This is turning out to be quite a farcical week among the alphabet soup of Jewish organizations; consider:
At the Jewish Agency, the nominating committee met yesterday to select a new chair of the executive. An open position with only»
HUC’s School of Jewish Communal Service Survives
June 24, 2009 by Dan Brown
Filed under The American Jewish Scene
The Jewish Agency meetings in Jerusalem were not the only place in the Jewish world where major structural changes are being discussed this week.
In New York, the Board of Governors of the Hebrew Union College met yesterday to June 18, 2009 by eJP Jerusalem is not the only place where significant decisions will be made next week. In New York, the Board of Governors of the Hebrew Union College will be meeting to consider a significant re-organization of the school. Passions have been» Kol HaKavod to the Spring 2009 graduating classes at: »Showdown Time at HUC
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